"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."

-- Oscar Wilde

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“It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it.”
“Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It's the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever.”
“It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.”

Source : John Wyndham (2003). “The Day of the Triffids”
“Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the worst of all is that those who are being treated ill cannot accept their sufferings in proof of their testimony, nor can the people reverence the athletes as in the army of martyrs, because the name of Christians is applied to the persecutors. The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.”
“I've had the same friends I've always had. I mean, I've lost a few over the years.”
“You know you are addicted to a food if despite knowing it is bad for you and despite wanting to change, you still keep eating it. Addiction means that a craving has more control over your behavior than you do.”

Source : Kathy Freston (2011). “Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World (Large Print 16pt)”, p.242, ReadHowYouWant.com
“What you do in practice is going to determine your level of success. I used to tell my players, 'You have to give 100 percent every day. Whatever you don't give, you can't make up for tomorrow. If you give only 75 percent today, you can't give 125 percent tomorrow to make up for it.'”
“I seem to walk in the world as two people. The normal everyday-me is as preoccupied, unobservant and oblivious to visual clues as I ever was. Then there is the photographer-me, the one who has a camera in hand and a specific project in mind, and then the world suddenly jumps to life with potential pictures, as if a switch had been thrown in my brain and a different person is looking out of the same eyes.”

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